Liver resection for early hepatocellular cancer: Comparison of centers in 3 different countries

Table 2 Overall age-adjusted survival in resected stage 1 and 2 hepatocellular cancer patients: Honolulu, United States, Tokyo, Japan and Shanghai, China

Center		Honolulu	Tokyo	Shanghai
No. patients		146	250	177
No. deaths		29	17	6
Mean follow-up (yr)		4.04	3.75	3.55
Median follow-up (yr)		3.33	2.83	4.36
1-yr survival	Hazard ratio1	1	0.28	0.63
	95%CI	Reference	0.15-0.51	0.32-1.21
	P value		< 0.0001	0.17
5-yr survival	Hazard ratio	1	0.7	0.74
	95%CI	Reference	0.50-0.98	0.51-1.09
	P value		0.04	0.13

¹Age-adjusted.